We gave six homeless people cameras and asked them to photograph their lives. Here’s what they showed us.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) We asked six homeless people in Salt Lake City to photograph their lives and tell us about why they photographed what they did. Clockwise from left, Brad Jensen, Tracy Meunchow, Trevor Peebles, Chris Coons, Adregian Little and Larry "Wolf" Wynn.
What is it like to be homeless in Salt Lake City? What would your day be like? How would you see the world? The Salt Lake Tribune has written many stories about homelessness in recent years, particularly about the ongoing Operation Rio Grande.
Some of those articles have included the voices of people who live on the streets. This time, we asked these Utahns to give us an inside look, through disposable cameras, at their lives.
Here are the stories of six homeless people, told through their photos.
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